test 1 Flashcards
(42 cards)
wrote about the marvels of the Orient
Marco Polo
The Caribbean island that Columbus made his first landing in the New World
San Salvador
Military invaders from Spain
Conguistadors
The first permanent European settlement in the United states
St. Augustine
Permanent French settlement in Canada that was established by Samuel de Champlain
Quebec
Translated the Bible into English
John Wycliff
This is where English businessmen obtained money to establish a settlement
Joint-stock companies
Saved Jamestown from the failure of the common-store system
John Smith
This crop became very important to the economic development of Jamestown
Tobacco
A representative assembly acted as an advisory body to the governor of the Virginia colony
House of Burgesses
English-speaking Indian that lived in Plymouth, acted as a guide and interpreter, and taught the Pilgrims how to hunt and fish
Squanto
The first institution of higher learning in America
Harvard College
Made it so that all towns of at least fifty families were required to hire a teacher so children could learn to read and write
Olé Deluder Satan Act
“apostle to the Indians”
John Eliot
The precedent that the New England Confederation set for the colonies
Voluntary union of the colonies
A colony controlled by a nobleman
Proprietary colony
This act granted freedom of worship to all professing Christians living in the Maryland colony
Toleration Act
Searched for the fountain of youth
Ponce de León
Discovered the Pacific Ocean
Vasco de Balboa
Identified the lands which Columbus had discovered as a “New World”
Amerigo Vespucci
Conquered the Aztecs
Hernando Cortés
Discovered the Mississippi River
Hernando de Soto
Helped the English defeat the Spanish
Francis Drake
Hoped to “purify” the Church of England
Puritans
